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At approximately 2105 hours on 7 November 1942, the first of
39 C-47s took to the air carrying 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute
Infantry into the history books by being the first U.S. Army
Airborne Battalion to jump into combat. Before the first paratrooper
exited the door, the Battalion would fly more than 1600 miles
from England to North Africa, completing the longest airborne
invasion ever attempted. - Signed by the Artist - |